Christmas in Laguna 2011

Its been a tradition in my father's side of the family to celebrate our christmas in Laguna because it also serves as our reunion. We arrived in our house in Laguna at exactly 2pm. We were stuck in traffic in Los Banos kaya na-late kami for lunch.

Photos of the day:

 

Cousins Alex, Kuya Bing and Mika

 

My daughter busy playing with her Papa's phone

After lunch, dumating na ang mga namamasko. Kaya minsan ayokong umuwi ng Laguna kasi sobrang daming namamasko samin. Dumog to the highest level dun at pami-pamilya ang napunta. Kalurky dba?

After ng mga namamasko, our family will gather inside the house for our family gift-giving. Konti lang naman kami that time. Konti lang din ang nagbigay ng gifts to us because mostly money ang binigay.

 

One of my uncle giving money as his gift.

Since apat lang naman ang kids in our family, pati kami binigyan ng uncle ko... hehe

Its Tta Nene's turn to distribute her gifts :)

 

The boys

 

Eto kami inside the house

Usually family gift-giving started before our dinner pag wala ng napunta na namamasko. Kwentuhan while distributing gifts. Syempre hindi mawawala ang lokohan at asaran.

Before going in the kitchen for dinner, nagpa-picture muna kami.

 

Me and hubby

 

The kids in our family. Absent nga lang ang isa.

Before i end this post, we want to thank all those who gave gifts to my family.

The advance gift from Cantos family who resides in the US. To my officemates who gave gifts to me pati kay Tami.

And to those gifts given on Christmas day:

 

The Hello Kitty and Play-doh was from me and hubby. We requested it from our kris-kringle in our team parties as additional gifts to our daughter. Zara blouse from her Tta Haidee and panties. 

We want to see our daughter smiling while opening her gifts kaya pati yung Hello Kitty and Play-doh binalot ulit namin.

 

Gift from her Ninang Dalyn.

 

See? Sa Laguna pa lang nagbubukas na sya ng gifts. Kada bigay sa kanya bukas agad.

 

 

Florsheim sandals and Sanrio shirt from Kuya Bing

 

Ross blouse and my fave Planters Nuts from Tta Ne.

 

Hello Kitty Bag and Barbie accessories

 

Tta Ne gave this cute bracelet to Tami pero kasya sakin. hehe

Thanks to Tta Nidan for giving this to me. I was looking for this kind of pillow in the mall that i can use in the office.

And to those who gave money to us and especially to Tami, Thank You. Don't worry because it will not go to her Mom's pocket, the money will go directly to Tami's bank account :)

A big Thank You to all!

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Domino's Pizza Promo

Yesterday, i was about to go online to finish the draft posts in my blog but hubby interrupted me to accompany him in SM center to get a new haircut and to buy some chips and toiletries.

While in SM Center, one of the staff in Domino's Pizza are distributing flyers that shows their promo for the month. We were looking for it while doing the grocery and decided to have merienda there.

 

So many choices from the promo. 

 

We avail that one. The 10" hand-tossed pizza for only P249.00

I was telling hubby na mura nga yung pizza nila pero mahal naman yung drinks. Imagine we pay P350++, P249 for the pizza and P100+ for the drinks. Sana pala sa grocery na lang din kami bumili ng drinks.

 

Si pa-cute.. boy next door daw kasi sya. Kapal!

 

Our order - Hawaiian Pizza

Fave nya talaga ang Hawaiian Pizza.

 

Drinks.

Ngayon ko lang nakita yung place ng Domino's Pizza in SM Center, malaki pala sya sa likod. There are lots of tables and chairs for diners.

Gone in 60 seconds..

Di ba obvious na matakaw kami?

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Coca-Cola Ad (OFW Project)

Tears flowing down my eyes this 5:37am because of this video so i thought of sharing this to you.

Nakaka-relate kasi ako d2. My father works in Saudi airport as an Aeronautical Engineer for years so hindi ako close sa kanya kasi all my life i was all by my mother and grandma's side. Now i realize the sacrifice of those OFW parents just to give their loved ones a brighter future and im also grateful for my father because he chose to leave for our future.

 

I salute you OFW parents!!!

I love you Papa and you know that!

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Jollibee and Starbucks Gift Certificate

Last december 24 hubby and i went to SM Center after his work to get his new eyeglasses. We also plan of going to Starbucks to use my gift certificate. Remember our team party where i won Starbucks GC from the Bingo game?

While waiting for the eyeglasses, the cashier handed me an envelope that contains the P200 GCs. We were told that its free from the Transition lenses that we bought. Kala ko papasko nila.

 

Jollibee P200 GC

 

Hubby with his new eyeglasses.

 

Transition Lens source 

Transitions lenses are eyeglass lenses that are specially treated to react to the amounts of ultraviolet rays to which the lens is exposed. The higher the ultraviolet ray level, the darker the lenses become. This blocks the ultraviolet rays from the eyes. Transitions lenses are one brand of this type of lens, which is known as a photochromic lens. Other brands that also react to amounts of ultraviolet light are Photogray, ColorMatic Extra, Sungray, and Transhades.

Parang gusto ko na rin ng new glasses with transition lens :)

With nothing to do we decided to use the GC in Jollibee, sayang kasi hindi namin sinama si Tami. We never thought naman about the free Jollibee GC.

 

We ordered Champ meal for hubby and Jolly Hotdog meal for me.

After eating our merienda we walked going to Starbucks.

 

My coffee jelly and hubby's fave java chip in venti size.

 

I also bought chocolate doughnut as my pasalubong for Tami.

Did you ever wonder if Starbucks will be open this holiday season? I took this photo kasi baka maisipan nyong mag-Starbucks on New Year's eve tapos you'll get dissapointed when you found out that its close pala. hehe

Starbucks Holiday Hours:

Sarap talaga ng libre!

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Brunch!

Bon après-midi! 

Just woke up from a long sleep. We arrived late last night from Laguna, kwentuhan pa kami d2 sa house kaya ayun madaling-araw na kami natulog. 

Were eating brunch now :)

Nutella and Sky Flakes anyone?

Will blog later...

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Last minute Christmas Purchases

THURSDAY.

When we went to our office in The Fort and to encash our check, the next thing we did is to look for a pair of shoes for hubby and we found it in Greenbelt.

 

Converse Shoes P3,299

This was the same shoes that we bought 3 months ago. Di maka-getover sa Jack Purcell nya kaya ayun eto pa ring design ang pinili nya.

After walking around 4 malls and ate dinner, we went home and dropby in SM Center (our last stop) to buy another case for his iphone.

 

X-Doria Case P990.00

 

And our last purchase that day was an eyeglass from Ideal Vision.

After his last eyeglass, he bought another one but this time ayaw na nya ng Speedo and choose another brand. We also ordered transition lenses kaya hindi namin agad nakuha yung eyeglass nya. From thursday, we informed to be back Saturday.

 

We just pay the eyeglass frame and transition lens then leave because we were tired already. 

We got discounts on Transition lenses. The transition lenses costs P4,200 for both lens and they gave it to us for only P3,500.  Grabe lenses pa lang mahal na. The frame that we bought costs P10,695.00.

FRIDAY

Our final last minute purchases in Alabang Town Center. 

 

Our purchases in Rustan's

On the above of the picture was the gifts and in below was our personal loots. I dont know if this is discrimination kasi when we bought our items, the cashier told us that we can get free gift wraps and tags for every item purchased that costs P300 above each.

I have 1 item that costs P149 which is the Playdoh for my daughter, i was asking them if they can wrap it also but did not allow my request. I was sad then kasi its for my daughter sana pero di pwede so hindi na lang sya pina-gift wrap.

 

The gifts

Aside from the gifts, we also bought something for ourselves.

 

Oakley Shirt for Hubby

Esprit Collared shirt for Me

I got it from sale, 20% off. P999 only from its original price of P1,200++

 

Fitflop sandals for my daughter.

Christmas is really expensive but im happy because im sharing the blessings that we got to others and to our loved ones and most specially im going to spend the holiday season with my loved ones.

Merry Christmas Everyone. Im off now to Laguna.

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Tempura, Alabang Town Center

Merry Christmas Everyone!!!

I woke up in the middle of the night and felt hungry so i had fruit salad now and decided to go online to kill time. Sana lang antukin pa ko.

Last friday, Hubby texted me early in the morning and informed me that he has bonus. I was happy then because it means that we have something to save again aside from his 13th month pay, we also planned of meeting in ATC that afternoon to do our last minute christmas shopping.

We met after his work at around 4pm, we went directly to Rustan's to buy gifts and also something for us. Sa dami ng tao inabot kami ng almost 3 hrs to pick the items and pay.

 

Hubby with our personal loots.

We left the items in the Gift Wrapping section, the cashier told us to be back the next day to pick up the gifts because of the long line pero di na ko pumayag because i have no time to go back pa. Instead i asked them to wrap kung ano yung kaya nila and the rest will be on paper bag na lang. We went out first to have dinner then we told them that we will be back in an hour. Pumayag naman sila.

So off we find restaurant for our dinner, we went in the second floor to find restaurant and i was suggesting Tony Romas to hubby pero ayaw nya kasi walang tao na nakain. hehe. Instead of going to Omakase, i remember Tempura Restaurant which we always pass by whenever we go in ATC and there's something in this food outlet that can't be ignored so its a mutual decision from both of us to try it.

 

Menu Book

The menu is divided into main dish, appetizers, Yakiniku, Don Buri  etc and pati promo for the week which is good because you dont need to ask about it.

 

We were seated in the couch near the counter. 

The restaurant is not full that's why our order came fast.

Our drinks arrived first. I had Watermelon Shake and hubby's soda.

Bento Bokkusu

Came next is the Bento Box that Hubby choose.

 

Miso Soup

Hubby's bento comes with the free Miso Soup and soda that makes it quite a bargain :)

 

Chahan

I ordered this extra rice kasi for sure nagutom ang bebe ko.

 

Seafood Ramen

I want Ramen so i go with the Seafood Ramen. This order can be good for 2 to 3 persons sa dami.

 

Temari Sushi

Consists of Ika, Maguro, Sake, Ebi and Kani balls stuffed with crunchy Salmon bits. As usual, ako lang ang umubos nito kasi di nakain si hubby ng raw foods.

 

Agedashi Tofu

Deep fried Japanese bean curd topped with special sauce and bonito flakes. If your familiar with Takoyaki, the same flakes are used in this both dish.

 

Picture muna before eating our dinner.

 

Gwapo lang nya d2 kaya pinost ko din. hehe

We were full already when they serve the dessert. It was supposed to be Green Tea ice cream pero ayaw ni hubby kaya he changed my order to Coffee Jelly.

 

Coffee Jelly

Flavored jelly topped with vanilla ice cream and sprinkled with choco chips.

 

Since im bloated already, he finished the dessert alone.

We had a satisfying dinner at Tempura Japanese Grill that we need to stay a few minutes before going out. Hubby smoked first then we went back again to Rustan's to get the gifts.

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